8-letter words containing s, u, c, i
- dioscuri — the Greek name for Castor and Pollux, when considered together
- disclude — (nonstandard) To disclose, make known.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- discoure — Obsolete form of discover.
- discured — Simple past tense and past participle of discure.
- discuses — Plural form of discus.
- disjunct — disjoined; separated.
- disvouch — to dissociate oneself from
- dochmius — a five-syllable foot, characteristic of ancient Greek dramas
- duckpins — Plural form of duckpin.
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- epicures — Plural form of epicure.
- epicurus — An ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the movement commonly known as Epicureanism.
- escurial — Escorial
- eucharis — any amaryllidaceous plant of the South American genus Eucharis, cultivated for their large white fragrant flowers
- eugenics — The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Developed largely by Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race, it fell into disfavor only after the perversion of its doctrines by the Nazis.
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- eustatic — Of or pertaining to eustasy.
- eustelic — Of or possessing a eustele.
- excusing — Present participle of excuse.
- excusion — Misspelling of excursion.
- excusive — tending to excuse; excusing
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- fascinum — An ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites.
- fescuing — Present participle of fescue.
- fictious — (obsolete) Fictitious.
- fluerics — fluidics.
- fluidics — the technology dealing with the use of a flowing liquid or gas in various devices, especially controls, to perform functions usually performed by an electric current in electronic devices.
- focusing — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- fuchsias — Plural form of fuchsia.
- fuchsine — A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride or similar) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
- fuchsins — Plural form of fuchsin.
- fuchsite — a bright green variety of muscovite having chromium in place of some of the aluminum.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- glucides — any of various organic compounds that consist of or contain a carbohydrate.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- guesclin — Bertrand du ?1320–80, French commander during the Hundred Years' War
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- gunstick — a ramrod
- haircuts — Plural form of haircut.
- hibiscus — Also called China rose. a woody plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, of the mallow family, having large, showy flowers: the state flower of Hawaii.
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- huisache — a tropical and subtropical New World shrub, Acacia farnesiana, of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant, deep-yellow flower heads.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- hutchins — Robert Maynard, 1899–1977, U.S. educator and college president.
- icehouse — a building for storing ice.
- ichorous — Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- in focus — seen clearly